animals North Korea's zoo features a smoking chimp and a dog trained to use an abacus Ellsworth Toohey

youtube The saga of the weirdest theme park in the Midwest via Defunctland Grant St. Clair

travel The world's largest prairie chicken, explained Popkin

georgia Visit Howard Finster's Paradise Garden and more on this funky art sites road trip! Jennifer Sandlin

art Delightful desert weirdo built amazing trash fortress (video) Popkin

tourism The weirdest free tourism spots in the U.S. B.R. O'Deal

Weird Wonders of Street View archives strange things seen on Google's mapping service Popkin

UFOs Roadside America updated its guide to Roswell's alien and UFO attractions Jennifer Sandlin

Roadside Attractions My encounter with The Goop: Mini-Golf Alien Survivor Jennifer Sandlin

restaurants Save (but don't you dare "improve") Denver's weird and wonderful restaurant, Casa Bonita Popkin

houses Mysterious swimming pool found in abandoned Baltimore townhouse Rob Beschizza

star wars Here are full-ride videos of Disney's Rise of the Resistance ride John Struan

Copyfight Library of Congress releases 11,700 freely usable photos of "roadside America," taken by John Margolies Cory Doctorow

Freeports Warehouses that (sort of) aren't in any country Caroline Siede

art Tiny lipstick sculptures of tourist attractions David Pescovitz